Death and Vanilla return with ‘Flicker’, presenting their unique pop music that defies categorisation. Housed in a beautifully austere post-ironic de-constructed sleeve; album is a modern reflection on these difficult times. World crises notwithstanding, they return reborn, re-arranged and revitalised after assimilating dub reggae, the motorik spirals of Can, the modal meander of Philip Glass and The Cure’s dreamier pop sounds; plus the twice removed symphonic ambience of Spiritualized and Talking Heads under heavy manners from Brian Eno. By osmosis their period of transition since 2019’s much darker ‘Are You A Dreamer?’ has hatched new eclectic electronica anthems riddled with melody lines, and layered for lush love.
Forming in Malmö, Sweden, group gravitated towards vintage musical equipment; from vibraphone, organ and mellotron, to tremolo guitar and Moog synthesisers. Soaking up soundtracks from the 60s and 70s… Fire Records
Death and Vanilla: Flicker
…listening to library music, kosmiche, French Ye-ye pop and 60s psych, Marleen Nilsson, Anders Hansson and Magnus Bodin were fashioned by the city’s austere industrial past and flat pack present, and all in the shadow of the Orsesund Bridge that links their dreamworld to mainland Europe and a darker reality.
“Deploying vintage instruments in their quest for melancholic utopia.” Electronic Sound
D&V at once sound like everything is possible; but nothing else at all. There is a flicker of hope for everyone. Fire Records
- Out for Magic (3:05)
- Baby Snakes (3:39)
- Find Another Illusion (4:03)
- Perpetuum Mobile (4:45)
- Looking Glass (4:18)
- Mercury’s Rising (4:28)
- Fearless (5:36)
- Transparent Things (4:50)
- Perpetuum Reprise (1:31)
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Product Dimensions : 4.92 x 5.51 x 0.39 inches; 1.06 Ounces
Manufacturer : Fire Records
Original Release Date : 2023
Label : Fire Records
ASIN : B0BP4C9CTZ
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 1